Assophon present an expanded reissue of Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma,
originally released on cassette in 1986. 12 Bonus Tracks not included on the previous limited OOP re-issue on CDR.
Limited ed. of 700 Gate-fold 2LP edition.
"Tucked away between I-71
& US-62 lies nestled the quaint, speed trap hamlet of Harrisburg,
Ohio. With its humble ambience, affable familiarity, weekend fish fries
and Christian B&B ('mind the sherry, brother, for it is the Lords
nectar'), blink twice and you might think you've been transported into a
21st century Winesburg, Ohio. Only now the emphasis is on a new
chapter, 'The songsmith-concerning Tommy Jay'. In a converted
barn just off Main St, Jay and friends have been forging a massive
catalog of music, both original and cover variations, for a solid four
decades. Fellow towns-person and erstwhile participant, one Mike 'Rep' Hummel
(Serpent Mound expert, croquet enthusiast) was the first to make these
recordings available when he issued a cassette of the proceedings under
the title, Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma via his homespun DIY
label, Old Age/No Age, in 1986. For anyone prescient enough to lock in
back then, they were staggered by talent, far removed from the stars of
High Street (Great Plains, Gibson Bros, Willie Phoenix). A singer/songwriter par excellence, Tommy Jay ably forged a hybrid of pre-speedball Stephen Stills with post Iron Cross-headed Lou Reed, the results of which come across as both effortless and visionary. Some 20 years later, Tall Tales
would finally receive it's long deserved elevation to the vinyl format
(this time through Columbus Discount Records), and was now being heard
by a new generation of ears, garnered immediate success, quickly sold
out and inexplicably was never repressed. In the intervening limbo,
copies were more sought than found, lucky bumpkins forking upwards to
three figures for pride of ownership. Recently, Assophon, a US label
with Jim Rockford-like determination, swooped in to un-fuck this
glaring wart. Plus, time and patience being the powerful warriors they
are, the new, expanded edition is brimming with a whole second platter
of hoot; 13 unreleased tracks what's rarely been discerned this side of
Tony's Coney's. Which all goes to say that the new and improved, 30th
anniversary edition of Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma is, to paraphrase the words of the late, great Randy Poffo, 'The record the whole world, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus... Or anywhere else is waiting for'." --Tom Lax- siltbreeze
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
ASSO-008 WAH- Travelers Station LP
Assophon present Travellers Station, the second album from WAH, the collaborative effort led by guitarist Simon Henneman (Diminished Men) and drummer Gregg Keplinger (master drummer and Charles Gocher's
doppelganger). WAH have created a modern masterpiece of modal,
spiritual and free expression. Coming off like a late, classic RVG
session for Impulse, Travellers Station is snarled with the force of a pummeling rock band by two artful leaders of Seattle's underground jazz scene. Travellers Station boasts ten musicians including bassists Luke Bergman and Carmen Rothwell, vibraphonists Bob Rees and Jacques Willis, horn players Ray Larson and Neil Welch, vocalist Katie Jacobson, and percussionist and co-producer Dave Abramson.
The breathtaking energy of WAH's legendary NW performances is captured
here with razor sharp production that finds room for fiery free jazz,
psychedelic drone, big belting rhythms, and cosmic anthems. Fans of the
classic era of '68-'78 (Strata-East/Human Arts/Sonny Sharrock/private/spiritual/BYG/loft) jazz scenes in America and France will dig immensely. Limited ed. of 500 copies.
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ASSO-008 WAH- Travelers Station LP
Assophon present Travellers Station, the second album from WAH, the collaborative effort led by guitarist Simon Henneman (Diminished Men) and drummer Gregg Keplinger (master drummer and Charles Gocher's
doppelganger). WAH have created a modern masterpiece of modal,
spiritual and free expression. Coming off like a late, classic RVG
session for Impulse, Travellers Station is snarled with the force of a pummeling rock band by two artful leaders of Seattle's underground jazz scene. Travellers Station boasts ten musicians including bassists Luke Bergman and Carmen Rothwell, vibraphonists Bob Rees and Jacques Willis, horn players Ray Larson and Neil Welch, vocalist Katie Jacobson, and percussionist and co-producer Dave Abramson.
The breathtaking energy of WAH's legendary NW performances is captured
here with razor sharp production that finds room for fiery free jazz,
psychedelic drone, big belting rhythms, and cosmic anthems. Fans of the
classic era of '68-'78 (Strata-East/Human Arts/Sonny Sharrock/private/spiritual/BYG/loft) jazz scenes in America and France will dig immensely. Limited ed. of 500 copies.
Wholesale orders contact
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Eddy Detroit
returns with a brand-new LP! The legend refuses to diminish. Eddy
Detroit crafts eight new songs full of his trademark twisted folk,
satanic Americana, and trance voodoo magic. This album ventures into the
deranged psychosis of the Phoenix AZ characters that inhibit Eddy's
world. Multiple-personality girlfriends, twisted and rouge
hanger-goners, and life as a street musician in the infernal Arizona
summer heat. Another cast of local musicians are on board for this
record that features cello, ocean drum, piano, guitar, bongos, and
violin. This is all capped off by the B-side, a deep, trance-inducing
descent into Dante's Inferno that features Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls) on vocals, Dan Clark (Victory Acres/Feederz)
on synthesizer, and Eddy Detroit on bongos -- overlaid with a recording
of Eddy Detroit waxing on about his extraordinary life. "Toe Sucker
Beach" is meant as an homage to The Velvet Underground's "The
Gift" -- a track that can be listened to as a whole or as a hard pan,
with the demented instrumental in one channel and Eddy's reminiscences
in the other channel. This record is another swan dive into the
brilliant mind of one of the most original outsider musicians out there.
Limited edition of 400. Released to coincide with Eddy's Detroit's
first European tour in the fall of 2016.
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Friday, January 22, 2016
Eddy Detroit- SHOCK-A-LOCK-A-LICKUM LP ASSO-007
Where to start with Eddy Detroit? Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, it was there, in 1966, that he was in attendance for the first Iguanas gigs (Iggy Stooge's first band). He joined the White Panther party in Detroit and was "there" for the pre-punk sounds of The Stooges and MC5
("We all smoked dope on the state Capitol and got beat up by the
cops"). In the early '70s he traveled to London, where he stalked Marc Bolan and tried to seduce Tony Visconti's then-girlfriend Mary Hopkin. It was with Ms. Hopkin, when he was dropping off a demo tape at the Apple Records, that he witnessed the moment when Ringo found out that The Beatles had broken up! (We've got the pictures to prove it!) In the mid-'70s, Detroit settled in Hollywood and started The Terminal Wave Band
(bongo/synth/punk) which was the soundtrack to the
hippy/biker/S&M/satanic/polyamorous scene that Detroit ruled in
dingy, underground LA -- that's when he wasn't trying to seduce Nico (The Velvet Underground)
to become one of his muses and lovers ("True story bub"). When rents in
LA got too much for an acid-fried biker/S&M/punk, Eddy moved to
Phoenix, AZ, and was seminal in fostering one of the most interesting
underground musical scenes of the early '80s. He was an unofficial
member of the Sun City Girls, toured with the Meat Puppets and Mighty Sphincter,
and was the pith-helmeted shaman-in-residence at his club The Grotto!
This LP contains recordings made from 1979 to 2010. They run the gamut
of Detroit's musical landscape, from the UK acid-folk of Tyrannosaurus Rex and The Incredible String Band
through bongo-fueled satanic calypso to his new phase as a troubadour
recounting tales of hobos, whores, and one-eyed jacks from the old west.
Limited edition of 500 copies.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
New Factums 2LP -Gilding the Lillies (Asso-006)
Double LPs tend to make quite the statement. The proof is in the pudding, as they say. Just listen to classics like Trout Mask Replica, Double Nickles On The Dime, Lake, Twin Infinitives, Harsh 70's Reality....well, Factums have thrown their hat into the proverbial ring with Gilding The Lilies. This mythic release has been rumored and debated for some time and to say this is their crowing achievement is an understatement. Factums have been shrouded in mystery, rarely playing live -- this hermetic Seattle/Chicago combo have been releasing rustic/futuristic artifacts for a variety of labels over the last few years. On Gilding The Lilies, all the ideas come together: sci-fi surf rock, post-apocalyptic murder ballads, musique concrète anthems, hell, on Gilding The Lilies they even dedicate the latter half of this masterpiece to Far Eastern exotica and incorporate sitars and tablas. Yeah, this ain't no Beatles trip, it's a Factums take on their inner chakra or pith helmet exploitation or whatever the kids are calling it these days. Limited one-time pressing of 700 copies.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Assophon 005 LP Simon Henneman- Black Magic and Moustache
Seattle-based Simon Henneman's first solo vinyl release is here. Mr. Henneman has worn many hats in the musical vortex of the Seattle sub-underground, most "famously" as one of the Diminished Men, who released an LP on the Sun City Girls Abduction label in 2009. That LP gave the lucky few who procured a copy an idea of the talents of that great band. Here, Mr. Henneman strikes out on his own and creates a solo journey of a much more intimate palette. Playing every instrument on the record (guitars, bass, saxophones, clarinet, percussion, keys), Mr. Henneman evokes a mood and mystery unmatched. From the ethno jazz/noir played in a Turkish harem vibe to the soundtrack for flipping through a Raymond Carver novella illustrated by Raymond Pettibon, this LP slithers into the subconscious and throws you against a back alley wall to seduce you into making a real bad decision seem OK! Limited edition of 300 copies only.
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$28 (North America)
$33 (rest of the world)
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